Riaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ree-AAN
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,753 for boys
Riaan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).
What does Riaan mean?
Afrikaans name, also used by Indian families
Long established as an Afrikaans boys' name in South Africa.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Riaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Riaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,537th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Riaan, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 54 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Riaan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Riaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Riaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 46 | #794 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 54 | #729 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 34 | #985 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 41 | #839 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Riaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,753rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 92 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Riaan, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,053rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 262 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Riaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Riaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #1,753 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,921 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,516 |
| 2021 | 179 | #1,135 |
| 2020 | 190 | #1,053 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,354 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,305 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 262 | #861 |
| 2015 | 229 | #929 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Riaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan, Rayan, Rayyan, Vihaan, Aarav, Avyaan, Yahya, Ivaan, Ayan, Bodhi, River, Arjan
Names related to Riaan
Rian, Riyan, Rain, Raiyan, Rawan, Riyaan, Rihaan, Rihan, Raihan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Riaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riaan, updated 20 October 2026.